Team Fortress

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Team Fortress in action
Team Fortress in action
  • Developer: Team Fortress Software
  • Engine: Quake engine
  • Designer: Robin Walker, John Cook, Ian Caughley
  • Released: August 24, 1996
  • Modes: Multiplayer
  • Genre: First-person shooter
  • Platforms: Windows
  • Media: Download
  • Requirements: Quakeworld

Team Fortress (sometimes abbreviated as QTF) is a team and class based online multiplayer computer game modification based on id Software's Quake. Team Fortress was designed and written by Robin Walker, John Cook, and Ian Caughley in 1996.

Gameplay

The premise of the game is a class-based battle between opposing sides. A player is defined by which class they select (e.g., medic, sniper, demolitions man), with each class having strengths and weaknesses. Each class also has unique weapons and abilities.

Evolution

Team Fortress has evolved into an entire genre as fans of the original modification have created a multitude of slightly different versions for various games:

  • Fortress Evolution for Quake III Arena was intended to create a very close replica of the original QWTF, but was canceled and last released as an alpha build. It has recently returned as a standalone mod built upon Evolution Q3, but as a completely different project.
  • A mod titled Q3F, for Quake III Fortress, was developed for Quake III Arena, and while liked by some, it never saw a huge following. This mod was further developed into the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory mod, Enemy Territory Fortress, or ETF, in 2005; it had a notable initial following and many servers still operate, though it has since receded considerably in popularity.
  • Team Fortress Classic was an extremely popular mod for Half-life created in April of 1999. There are still servers and players for TFC today.
  • NeoTF is a modification of Team Fortress Classic, originally created by BillDoor in 2001. NeoTF adds many new elements to the game that can turn it into a completely different experience.
  • Unreal Fortress (abbreviated as UnF) existed for Unreal Tournament.
  • Unreal Fortress: Evolution first started out as UnF 2003 for Unreal Tournament 2003, but has been made into a mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 when Epic released the newer version of the game. It has never left the beta stage.
  • Another evolution of TF is the multi-games mod Weapons Factory that has several considerable modifications to TF classes which results in different gameplay, resulting in many servers having to put limits on specialists (non-soldier classes).
  • There is also a large Custom TF community presently active. Custom TF by Bill Kerney (aka Shaka[UVM]) has the normal classes of TF but also includes a "custom" option, where players have a set amount of money with which to buy weapons, armour, and skills.
  • MegaTF was another popular Team Fortress mod which featured new enhancements to each class like proximity mines, laser drones, and airMirvs. The community slimmed after the popular East Coast and West Coast Biscuit servers were shut down for unknown reasons. There is a MegaTF mod currently in development for the Amnesia server called "MegaTF United" being developed by XavioR and other Team Fortress modders.
  • Fortress Forever is a mod attempting to recreate the original Team Fortress Classic on the Source engine.
  • Quake 4 Fortress for Quake 4 (production on Q4F has ceased, however there is a Q4F modification in development by XavioR (aka avirox) called Quake 4 Fortress XT which addresses several of the incomplete factors of Q4F).
  • Team Fortress 2 is a stand-alone multiplayer game created by the original designers who now work for Valve Software. The game has a cartoon-like look to it. TF2 was in development for more than nine years, and has had many changes to it along the way.

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Team Fortress Series
Team Fortress → Team Fortress Classic → Team Fortress 2 (The Orange Box)
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